Creamy Apricot to Mexican Standoff color palette

About this palette

Creamy Apricot to Mexican Standoff is a 5-color warm, earthy, vintage palette: #FFE9C0 (Creamy Apricot), #3C1D03 (Medium Roast), #714B00 (Chocolate Rain), #72852B (Pesto di Rucola), #E4A06E (Mexican Standoff). It mixes white, brown, green, orange tones and feels warm overall. The strongest text pairing is #FFE9C0 on #3C1D03 with a contrast ratio of 12.90:1, and 3 of its 10 color pairs pass WCAG AA for normal text.

Color codes

ColorHEXRGBHSL
Creamy Apricotrgb(255, 233, 192)hsl(39, 100%, 88%)
Medium Roastrgb(60, 29, 3)hsl(27, 90%, 12%)
Chocolate Rainrgb(113, 75, 0)hsl(40, 100%, 22%)
Pesto di Rucolargb(114, 133, 43)hsl(73, 51%, 35%)
Mexican Standoffrgb(228, 160, 110)hsl(25, 69%, 66%)

Accessible color pairs

Pairs with at least 3:1 contrast (large text and UI components); 4.5:1 or more passes WCAG AA for body text.

  • Aa12.90:1 Super#FFE9C0 on #3C1D03
  • Aa12.90:1 Super#3C1D03 on #FFE9C0
  • Aa6.98:1 Good#3C1D03 on #E4A06E
  • Aa6.98:1 Good#E4A06E on #3C1D03
  • Aa6.52:1 Good#FFE9C0 on #714B00
  • Aa6.52:1 Good#714B00 on #FFE9C0
  • Aa3.73:1 Poor#3C1D03 on #72852B
  • Aa3.73:1 Poor#72852B on #3C1D03

Color blindness preview

  • Protanopia
  • Deuteranopia
  • Tritanopia
  • Achromatopsia
  • Dog vision

CSS variables

/* Creamy Apricot to Mexican Standoff — https://swatchly.xyz/palette/ffe9c0-3c1d03-714b00-72852b-e4a06e */
:root {
  --creamy-apricot: #ffe9c0;
  --medium-roast: #3c1d03;
  --chocolate-rain: #714b00;
  --pesto-di-rucola: #72852b;
  --mexican-standoff: #e4a06e;
}

Tailwind CSS v4

/* Creamy Apricot to Mexican Standoff — https://swatchly.xyz/palette/ffe9c0-3c1d03-714b00-72852b-e4a06e */
@theme {
  --color-creamy-apricot: #ffe9c0;
  --color-creamy-apricot-50: #fff4e1;
  --color-creamy-apricot-100: #ffe9c0;
  --color-creamy-apricot-200: #e6d6b8;
  --color-creamy-apricot-300: #d1bf9d;
  --color-creamy-apricot-400: #b39f7a;
  --color-creamy-apricot-500: #98845e;
  --color-creamy-apricot-600: #7c6945;
  --color-creamy-apricot-700: #645331;
  --color-creamy-apricot-800: #4f4023;
  --color-creamy-apricot-900: #3e3118;
  --color-creamy-apricot-950: #271e0c;
  --color-medium-roast: #3c1d03;
  --color-medium-roast-50: #fff2ea;
  --color-medium-roast-100: #ffe6d4;
  --color-medium-roast-200: #f0d1bb;
  --color-medium-roast-300: #dcb9a1;
  --color-medium-roast-400: #bf997e;
  --color-medium-roast-500: #a57e64;
  --color-medium-roast-600: #8a664c;
  --color-medium-roast-700: #725139;
  --color-medium-roast-800: #5d402b;
  --color-medium-roast-900: #4c3220;
  --color-medium-roast-950: #3c1d03;
  --color-chocolate-rain: #714b00;
  --color-chocolate-rain-50: #fff3e3;
  --color-chocolate-rain-100: #ffe7c7;
  --color-chocolate-rain-200: #f2d2a4;
  --color-chocolate-rain-300: #dfba86;
  --color-chocolate-rain-400: #c1995f;
  --color-chocolate-rain-500: #a57d40;
  --color-chocolate-rain-600: #896225;
  --color-chocolate-rain-700: #714b00;
  --color-chocolate-rain-800: #593a02;
  --color-chocolate-rain-900: #452c00;
  --color-chocolate-rain-950: #2c1b00;
  --color-pesto-di-rucola: #72852b;
  --color-pesto-di-rucola-50: #edfac9;
  --color-pesto-di-rucola-100: #e0efb7;
  --color-pesto-di-rucola-200: #c9db98;
  --color-pesto-di-rucola-300: #b0c376;
  --color-pesto-di-rucola-400: #8ea24d;
  --color-pesto-di-rucola-500: #72852b;
  --color-pesto-di-rucola-600: #5b6c0f;
  --color-pesto-di-rucola-700: #475600;
  --color-pesto-di-rucola-800: #384400;
  --color-pesto-di-rucola-900: #2b3500;
  --color-pesto-di-rucola-950: #1a2100;
  --color-mexican-standoff: #e4a06e;
  --color-mexican-standoff-50: #ffe8d8;
  --color-mexican-standoff-100: #ffd7bc;
  --color-mexican-standoff-200: #f5bd94;
  --color-mexican-standoff-300: #e4a06e;
  --color-mexican-standoff-400: #c58453;
  --color-mexican-standoff-500: #ab6b39;
  --color-mexican-standoff-600: #905423;
  --color-mexican-standoff-700: #774111;
  --color-mexican-standoff-800: #613205;
  --color-mexican-standoff-900: #4f2600;
  --color-mexican-standoff-950: #331600;
}

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